TS-440S

ADJUSTMENT

Item

7 . PLL 62MHz BPF

8 . VCO2

Condition

11 MODE AM

Readjust T9 (VCO2 OSC coil) to unlock . (Core is fully bottom po- sition)

2)Connect 5609 resister in Tracking Gen . output line . Use oscillo- scopes probe to connect to spec- trum analyzer .

1)Reset operation must also be performed .

*See a microprocessor operation check .

1)FREQ : 14 .0000MH z

MODE A M

2)FREQ 13 .999,9 MHz

MODE A M

Measurement

 

 

Adjustmen t

 

 

 

Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specification/Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

equipment

Unit

Terminal

Unit

Part

Metho d

 

 

Tracking

PLL

IC8-1

 

 

 

 

TRACKIN G

 

Gen .

 

11 pin)

 

 

56On

, OUT

GENERATO R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3dB or les s

Spectrum

 

TP4

 

T6,7,8

GND

Do O

GND

k

 

 

 

 

analyzer

 

(R64)

 

 

TP 4

vR I

 

 

Probe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(R64 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shiel d

66MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

59 .5MH z

 

 

 

 

 

 

/

00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OU T

 

DC V .M

PLL

TP5

PLL

T9

6 .4V

 

T9 has two peaking point .

 

 

(L21)

 

 

 

 

Adjust as shown below .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

t 0 .1V

GOO D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N G

i

2 .2-3 .O V

31 FREQ 14 .000,00 MHz

Spectrum PLL

TP4

PLL

VR1

L23 and L21 shorte d

MODE AM

analyzer

(R64)

 

 

to ground . (PLL

 

 

 

 

 

20d B

unlocked )

or mor e

Adjust spurious radia -

 

 

tion level . (58 .25MHz)

 

 

 

58 .25

66 .5MH z

9 . PLL 30MHz

BPF

10 . PLL 38 .5- 39MHz BPF

11 . PLL VC O (6 .5- 36MHz)

BPF

FREQ 14 .250 .00MHz

MODE AM

FREQ 14 .250 .00MHz

MODE AM

1)Disconnect RF unit coax . cabl e (VCO)

2)Connect 5609 resistor in Track- ing Generator output line .

Use oscilloscope's probe to connect to spectrum analyzer .

Oscilloscope

PLL

TP7

PLL

T10,11

MAX

 

 

IC12-5pin

 

,1 2

 

Oscilloscope

PLL

TP8

PLL

T13,14

MAX

 

 

(R112)

 

,1 5

 

Trackin g

PLL

IC14-1pi n

 

 

 

Generator

 

 

 

 

 

Probe

 

TP9

PLL

T16,17

 

Spectrum

 

(L33)

 

,18,19

Ripple

 

 

 

 

 

analyzer

3dB or less

 

Ref . 0 .3V/p- p

Ref . 0 .2V/p- p

37 .5dB

Less than 2d B

 

between peak an d

2d B

point of 37 .5MHz .

12 . 39MHz Spurius radiation

13 . VCO1

FREQ 24 .9500MHz

MODE AM

1)FREQ 29 .9999MHz

MODE : A M

FREQ 22 .0000MHz

2)FREQ 21 .9999MHz FREQ 14 .5000MHz

3)FREQ 14 .9999MHz FREQ 7 .5000MHz

41 FREQ 7 .4999MHz

FREQ 30 .0 (30kHz)

 

 

 

 

 

45dB or more

 

 

 

 

 

42MH z

Spectrum

PLL

TP9

PLL

VR 2

 

analyzer

 

(L33)

 

 

Minimu m

 

 

 

 

 

42dB or mor e

 

 

 

 

 

31MHz 39MH z

 

 

 

 

T21

±0 .1 V

 

 

 

 

 

5 .3-6 .3 V

 

 

 

 

 

±0 .1 V

DC V .M

PLL

TP10

RF

T22

2 .5 V

 

 

(R138)

 

 

5 .3-6 .3 V

 

 

 

 

 

±0 .1

V

 

T2 3

 

.3 V

5 .3-6

±0 .1

V

 

T2 4

 

 

5 .5-6

.5V

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